Friday, June 28, 2013

I have been saving my blue and green scrap strips for OVER A YEAR to make this quilt. (keep in mind this is not a large quilt, and blue and green are my favorite colors). This is a pattern found in Kim Brackett's Scrap Basket Sensations, and it's pretty much the reason I bought the book. All the quilts in that book are great, but this one made me jump up and say "This quilt right here...I need it in my life".

I always cut leftovers from sewing projects into pre-cut sizes since they work so well with a lot of commercial patterns that are out right now. i have been ferreting away the blue and green 2.5" strips in hopes to make this quilt, and once I realized I had enough, I jumped in feet first.

This quilt is a TON of fun to make. No stressful piecing, and a lot of it can be mindlessly chain pieced while you watch your favorite Disney movies (ahem...). It's a great way to use scraps, and for me it was a great reminder of all the things I've worked on in order to have this assortment of scraps.

We have a beautiful hillside garden next to the building, and I TRIED to take some scenic pictures of this quilt, but it was too windy. Apparently mother nature doesn't appreciate that I needed pretty blog pictures. Psh. Whatever Mother Nature! This is the best shot I could get outside. Aren't the Irises pretty?

I named this quilt "Beach Glass" for a few reasons. One: There is a lot of it on the beaches here, and the colors in this quilt match the many shades of glass I often find. Two: Beach glass has a life cycle very similar to the fabrics in this quilt. Once they had a purpose, then they were thrown away, only to come back as a newly found treasure.